MI 8603, Dunlap Canyon, Pilot Mountains (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Nevada (38.4° N, 118.0° W: paleocoordinates 15.1° N, 54.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Luning Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• lower limestone near coral bed

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by N.J. Silberling

• Repository: University of Montana Invertebrate Paleontology, University of Montana Paleontology Center

Primary reference: E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley. 2013. Upper Triassic corals from Nevada, western North America, and the implications for paleoecology and paleogeography. Journal of Paleontology 87:934-964 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150751: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Ceriostella martini, Ampakabastraea cowichanensis
Ceriostella martini Smith 1927 stony coral
Ampakabastraea cowichanensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha confusa
Astraeomorpha confusa Winckler 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Coryphylliidae
Nevadoseris punctata, Khytrastrea cuifiamorpha n. sp., Khytrastrea silberlingi n. gen. n. sp.
Nevadoseris punctata Roniewicz and Stanley 2013 stony coral
Khytrastrea cuifiamorpha n. sp. Roniewicz and Stanley 2013 stony coral
Khytrastrea silberlingi n. gen. n. sp. Roniewicz and Stanley 2013 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia "sp. A"
Retiophyllia "sp. A" Cuif 1966 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Curtoseriidae
Curtoseris dunlapcanyonae n. sp.
Curtoseris dunlapcanyonae n. sp. Roniewicz and Stanley 2013 stony coral